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Silver: Blue Bird

DAB Design, fashion story telling, staff project, Silver Blue Bird

Silver: Blue Bird

Silver: Bluebird is work that explores the notion of momento mori. Knitting has frequently been used metaphorically to illustrate or tell a story, as it can return us back to the past and remind us of an earlier period in our lives, and communicate feelings or emotions without speaking. The work questioned: How can knitting metaphorically be used as a repository for memories?

The impact of this work surveys textiles as a repository for memory. The work investigated how knitting can be re-created through the use of new and old materials and how artefacts are preserved as a memento of the inevitability of death.
 
The research project Silver: Bluebird was a selected as  finalist in the 2016 Meroogal Women’s Art Prize, 23 September 2016-28 January 2017. The judging panel included: Penelope Seidler AM (Director, Harry Seidler and Associates), Dr Caroline Butler-Bo
wden (Director Curatorial and Public Engagement, Sydney Living Museums), and was published in Unlocked: The Sydney Living Museums Gazette, Summer 2016, Sydney Living Museums.

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DAB Design, Fashion Sustainability, staff fashion line by Donna Sgro, Morphotex Dress

Morphotex Dress

Donna Sgro

DAB staff collection, Data Lace

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People relaxing in the shade of a tree

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Scoping the future algae-based bioplastics industry in regional Australia

Sam Wearne, Thomas Lee, Alexandra Crosby, Rachael Wakefield-Rann

Sketching out a repair on butcher's paper

Repair design

Jesse Adams Stein, Alexandra Crosby, Thomas Lee, Katherine Scardifield, Rachael Wakefield-Rann

Frog image, heading Kimberley Grove

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